1. ERPS Presentation Space Access 2000 Scottsdale, AZ April 27th - 29th, 2000

2. The Five W’s Who Self-funded Volunteer Non-Profit 501(c)(3) What Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine Development Where San Jose, CA (“Silicon Valley”) When Founded - Feb 1993 Why “It seemed like a good idea at the time”

3. Staged Development Catalyst Development –Old Technology –New Technology Engine Tests –Basic Performance –Catalyst Optimization –Size Scalability –Multi Engine Capabilities –Bi Propellant Capabilities –Flight Weight Verification Tests

4. Flight Vehicles POGO –Engine & Flight Controls test vehicle –DC-X “Conrad Square” flight plan ReSOAR –Reusable Sub-Orbital Atmospheric Research –Aerospike engine tests –Exo-atmospheric / Re-entry / Restart tests PROTO –Private Rocket to Orbit Tiny Objects –SSTO “proof of concept” vehicle

5. Commercial Vehicles Alpha Class –Reusable SSTO demonstration –3000 lbs to LEO –5000 lbs Point to Point –1 hour to anywhere –Automated flight operations –Fast package transport market –“Executive Jet” market

6. Commercial Vehicles Bravo Class –Reusable, Refuelable SSTO transport –15,000 lbs to LEO –25,000 lbs Point to Point –70 passenger “spaceliner” – 5 + 1 = 15K to “Clarke” GEO orbit –10 + 1 = 15K to surface of moon Return empty –15 + 1 = 15K to surface of moon 15k lunar return

7. Recent Events Static engine firings Vehicle mockup Software development Beowulf cluster Site hunt FAA input For-Profit spinoffs Funding issues

8. How To Get Involved Web page - www.erps.org Email list Contributions of: –Material –Code –Computing cycles –Money Think, dream, talk and do!